Informative Essay On Windigo

The Wendigo, also spelled Windigo, is a creature of legend native to the Great Lakes region and the East coast of the United States and Canada. The story originates from the Algonquin-speaking people, such as the Potawomi, Algonquin, Ottawa, and Chippewa. One story says that when a human resorts to cannibalism, even to survive, they become a Wendigo. Another says that a Wendigo is what is left of a warrior who made a deal with a demon. Yet another story says that inside each Wendigo, where the heart would be, is the human that they used to be. The only way to defeat the Wendigo is to kill or rescue the human inside of it. The Wendigo is said to have sharp fangs, overly long tongues, and glowing eyes. They are skinny and fifteen feet tall, with decaying yellow skin. Sometime around the 1910s, a Wendigo was believed to have been seen near Roseau, Minnesota. Every time a sighting was made, someone in the town disappeared unexpectedly. Around the same time, Jack Fiddler, an 87-year-old Cree man, was on trial for murdering a woman. He said she was becoming a Wendigo, and plead guilty. He claimed to have killed thirteen other Wendigoag in his lifetime. …show more content…
This condition is present when a person thinks they have become a Wendigo, and begin to crave human flesh even when there are other food sources nearby. Those with the condition were believed to be in the early stages of becoming Wendigoag. One of the most well-known instances of Wendigo Psychosis is the case of Swift Runner. In 1878, he killed and ate his wife and five children. He was tried and executed at Fort Saskatchewan, and seemed to express deep remorse before his death. "I am the least of men and do not merit even being called a